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Hi all
I have posted before asking questions about church services, namely Easter.
Today I just generally wondered about what your church has in its service. Reading previous posts I have come to see there are many different Presbyterian churches. In Australia it is mainly Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian and Free Presbyterian.
Where I am there is only the Presbyterian and that is not in my small country town, I have to drive to it.
If it were possible I would go to a Reformed or Free but this is not so.
I am quite confused as last week I attended the other church my minister goes to and the service was different.
In that service the Psalm was read by the minister and the reading was from the King James Bible and the minister did all the reading.
At the church I usually attend it is a modern translation used (I still use my King James) and women and men read from the Bible, plus when the Psalm is read the minister reads one line and the congregation reads alternately.
Why are they so different?
I know I should ask my minister, which I will do but after church he is ready to go onto the other congregation so cannot spend time and if someone else is talking to him, well you usually miss out.(which I did).
From previous reading of posts it sounds like the PC of America is more like our Uniting church which out here came about some time ago with Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian joining together to form the Uniting Church. Those who did not agree with this remained Presbyterian.
The Uniting Church amongst other things accepts women preachers and gays and are very liberal.
So what am I really asking? Well I am confused that the same minister has two very different services .
1/ What does your church do?
2/What would you do in my position ?
3/Why would a minister hold two very different services?
If it was to please both congregations, is this scriptural?
As I keep saying I will ask my minister.
Thank you to any replies.
I have posted before asking questions about church services, namely Easter.
Today I just generally wondered about what your church has in its service. Reading previous posts I have come to see there are many different Presbyterian churches. In Australia it is mainly Presbyterian, Reformed Presbyterian and Free Presbyterian.
Where I am there is only the Presbyterian and that is not in my small country town, I have to drive to it.
If it were possible I would go to a Reformed or Free but this is not so.
I am quite confused as last week I attended the other church my minister goes to and the service was different.
In that service the Psalm was read by the minister and the reading was from the King James Bible and the minister did all the reading.
At the church I usually attend it is a modern translation used (I still use my King James) and women and men read from the Bible, plus when the Psalm is read the minister reads one line and the congregation reads alternately.
Why are they so different?
I know I should ask my minister, which I will do but after church he is ready to go onto the other congregation so cannot spend time and if someone else is talking to him, well you usually miss out.(which I did).
From previous reading of posts it sounds like the PC of America is more like our Uniting church which out here came about some time ago with Methodist, Congregational and Presbyterian joining together to form the Uniting Church. Those who did not agree with this remained Presbyterian.
The Uniting Church amongst other things accepts women preachers and gays and are very liberal.
So what am I really asking? Well I am confused that the same minister has two very different services .
1/ What does your church do?
2/What would you do in my position ?
3/Why would a minister hold two very different services?
If it was to please both congregations, is this scriptural?
As I keep saying I will ask my minister.
Thank you to any replies.